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At NSF headquarters, the Director also welcomed Juliet Gerrard, chief science adviser to the prime minister of New Zealand

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan received an honorary degree and delivered the keynote address at the University of Vermont's…
May 26, 2023
Research News
The unique array of hooks on hitchhiker plants led researchers to develop improved surgical suturing techniques.

Hitchhiker plants inspire improved techniques for reattaching tendon to bone

For most people, getting burrs stuck on your clothes during a hike is nothing more than a nuisance, something to pick off and throw out when you get…
May 24, 2023
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Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, delivering the 2023 Commencement Address at the University of Vermont.

NSF Director Panchanathan speaks at University of Vermont commencement and receives honorary degree

U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan delivered the address at the University of Vermont’s 222nd Commencement Ceremony on…
May 23, 2023
Research News
A new study reveals that a connection between the body and mind is built into the structure of the brain.

Mind-body connection is built into brain, study suggests

Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study, partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, indicates that the…
May 23, 2023
Research News
Polymer scientists are creating artificial fluids that mimic many of the properties of natural proteins.

Can synthetic polymers replace the body's natural proteins?

Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, specialized proteins. They…
May 23, 2023
Research News
A look more than 13 billion years into the past at a minuscule galaxy present shortly after the Big Bang

Astronomers find a remarkably small and distant galaxy

Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and using first-of-their-kind observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, a University of…
May 22, 2023
Research News
Artist's rendering of a woodland reconstruction with Morotopithecus bishopi climbing with an infant and juvenile.

Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats

Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso to pick fruit in forests, but new research by scientists at the…
May 17, 2023
Research News
Researchers set up mudflow monitoring equipment in the shadow of Fuego volcano in Guatemala.

New study detects inaudible sounds of volcanic mudflows

A study published in Nature Scientific Reports shows that catastrophic volcanic mudflows, known as lahars, can be effectively monitored with…
May 17, 2023
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tornado storm clouds

NSF-NOAA partner to promote the creation of centers for modeling catastrophic impacts and risk assessment of climate change

Whether you own a home, a business or other assets, insurance is an important part of any budgetary calculation involving protection of property…
May 16, 2023
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Susan Marqusee to head the Biological Sciences Directorate

NSF selects Susan Marqusee to head the Biological Sciences Directorate

The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Susan Marqusee to head the Directorate for Biological Sciences. Marqusee is a Distinguished…
May 16, 2023
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